﻿BIRDS. 
  

  

  got 
  a 
  " 
  snap-shot 
  " 
  at 
  him 
  with 
  my 
  camera, 
  just 
  as 
  he 
  alighted 
  on 
  

   the 
  nest 
  — 
  but 
  I 
  fear 
  the 
  distance 
  was 
  too 
  great.' 
  

  

  The 
  triumph 
  of 
  the 
  safe 
  hatching 
  off 
  is 
  thus 
  related 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Hinxman 
  under 
  date 
  of 
  September 
  9th, 
  1894 
  : 
  — 
  'I 
  was 
  pleased 
  to 
  

   hear 
  on 
  returning 
  to 
  Eothiemurchus 
  last 
  Thursday, 
  that 
  the 
  

   Ospreys 
  had 
  hatched 
  out 
  all 
  right. 
  From 
  this 
  house, 
  which 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  opposite 
  the 
  island, 
  I 
  see 
  the 
  young 
  birds 
  — 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  

   appear 
  to 
  be 
  two 
  — 
  about 
  the 
  castle 
  constantly, 
  and 
  apparently 
  

   taking 
  little 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  people 
  who 
  are 
  passing 
  along 
  

   the 
  road 
  continually 
  just 
  now. 
  The 
  old 
  birds 
  do 
  not 
  show 
  much. 
  

   The 
  people 
  here 
  tell 
  me 
  that 
  when 
  the 
  young 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  nest, 
  

   the 
  old 
  ones 
  used 
  to 
  fish 
  in 
  this 
  loch, 
  feeding 
  the 
  young 
  early 
  in 
  

   the 
  morning 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  evening, 
  but 
  that 
  now 
  they 
  go 
  to 
  Loch 
  

   Insh 
  to 
  fish.' 
  

  

  Again, 
  on 
  the 
  28th 
  September, 
  Hinxman 
  writes 
  to 
  us 
  : 
  — 
  

   ' 
  The 
  young 
  birds 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  left 
  for 
  good. 
  They 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  seen 
  nor 
  heard 
  since 
  Sunday, 
  September 
  23rd, 
  when 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  old 
  birds 
  appeared, 
  and 
  apparently 
  took 
  them 
  off 
  with 
  her. 
  

   The 
  date 
  of 
  their 
  first 
  appearance 
  in 
  spring 
  is 
  very 
  regular 
  — 
  

   between 
  April 
  4th 
  and 
  6th. 
  Last 
  year 
  only 
  one 
  bird 
  came, 
  and 
  

   stayed 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  time.' 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  with 
  great 
  satisfaction 
  we 
  are 
  thus 
  able 
  to 
  conclude 
  our 
  

   history 
  of 
  the 
  Loch 
  an 
  Eilein 
  Ospreys, 
  and 
  we 
  are 
  delighted 
  to 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  add 
  that 
  the 
  laird 
  of 
  Eothiemurchus 
  is 
  determined 
  to 
  do 
  

   all 
  in 
  his 
  power 
  for 
  their 
  future 
  safety. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  announcement 
  from 
  the 
  Council 
  of 
  the 
  Zoological 
  

   Society, 
  which 
  appeared 
  immediately 
  after 
  its 
  issue, 
  in 
  the 
  Scotsman, 
  

   and 
  many 
  other 
  daily 
  papers, 
  will 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  interest 
  now 
  attach- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  our 
  rarer 
  birds 
  is 
  receiving 
  wise 
  regard 
  and 
  impulse, 
  so 
  that 
  

   their 
  presence 
  amongst 
  our 
  fauna 
  is 
  now 
  approaching 
  ' 
  National 
  

   Importance,' 
  while 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  stimulating 
  private 
  individuals 
  

   to 
  still 
  greater 
  exertions 
  in 
  their 
  behalf. 
  Personally, 
  we 
  believe 
  no 
  

   worthier 
  object 
  can 
  be 
  found, 
  as 
  a 
  mark 
  of 
  regard 
  and 
  encourage- 
  

   ment 
  by 
  a 
  great 
  and 
  wealthy 
  society 
  like 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoological 
  Society 
  

   of 
  London,' 
  than 
  this 
  rewarding 
  of 
  individuals 
  and 
  proprietors 
  who 
  

   have 
  struggled 
  hard 
  to 
  preserve 
  our 
  rarce 
  aves, 
  thus 
  contributing 
  to- 
  

   wards 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  hundreds 
  of 
  British 
  tourists 
  and 
  sight-seers, 
  

   and 
  also, 
  very 
  substantially, 
  towards 
  the 
  incomes 
  of 
  local 
  inn- 
  

   keepers, 
  and 
  others 
  who 
  are 
  in 
  great 
  measure 
  dependent 
  upon 
  the 
  

  

  